“The Truth” is nothing more than Hitler apologia gibberish.
As they say in Germany, das ist ein Misthaufen.
Weber says that he cannot find a reference to the Gleiwitz incident as a pretext for war in the German media. However, he should listen to Hitler's first speech after the outbreak of hostilities, in which he said, "Polen hat heute Nacht zum ersten Mal auf unserem eigenen Territorium auch mit bereits regulären Soldaten geschossen. Seit 5 Uhr 45 wird jetzt zurückgeschossen. Und von jetzt ab wird Bombe mit Bombe vergolten." (This evening, Poland has fired on our own territory for the first time with regular soldiers. Since 5:45, we have been shooting back And from now on, we will retaliate bomb for bomb).
Weber says that “The tension between Germany and Poland had been developing steadily since the beginning of 1939”--which is curious, since Polish relations with Nazi Germany had heretofore been quite good. Poland even joined with Germany in carving up Czechoslovakia in 1938. Why did their relations suddenly turn sour? Could it be that after grabbing Austria, Czechoslovakia and the Memel strip, Hitler was gearing up to make Poland his next victim?
Weber also makes no mention of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 23--eight days before Gleiwitz--in which the Nazis and Soviets agreed to divide Poland.